Inning: 1 Detroit Jason Higginbotham pitching. Hack Rucker singles to right field. John Ritter grounds into a force play to the third baseman. Hack Rucker is out at second base with the second baseman covering the bag. Boardwalk Casey grounds into a force play to the first baseman. John Ritter is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Claude Sanicki walks. Alan White flies out to the center fielder. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 1 Tampa Bay Homer Maris pitching. Jackie Sheehan walks. Jack Shannon grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Masanori Kobayashi strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Detroit Jesse Rosenthal flies out to the center fielder. Tom Vico lines out to the first baseman. John Wilcox strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 2 Tampa Bay Johnny Cedeno hits a home run. Satoru Fukumoto strikes out. Raul Rives strikes out. Felipe Birmingham flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Detroit Homer Maris strikes out. Hack Rucker strikes out. John Ritter grounds out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 3 Tampa Bay Pete Larkin strikes out. Jason Higginbotham strikes out. Jackie Sheehan doubles to right field. Jack Shannon singles past the shortstop. Jackie Sheehan scores. Masanori Kobayashi singles to left field. Johnny Cedeno grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 4 Detroit Boardwalk Casey grounds out to the second baseman. Claude Sanicki hits an infield single to the shortstop. Alan White grounds into a 5-4-3 double play. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 4 Tampa Bay Satoru Fukumoto strikes out. Raul Rives pops out to the second baseman. Felipe Birmingham flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Detroit Jesse Rosenthal strikes out. Tom Vico lines out to the shortstop. John Wilcox grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 5 Tampa Bay Pete Larkin grounds out to the shortstop. Jason Higginbotham strikes out. Jackie Sheehan singles past the third baseman. Jack Shannon lines out to the shortstop. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Detroit Homer Maris grounds out to the shortstop. Hack Rucker flies out to the right fielder. John Ritter walks. Boardwalk Casey grounds out to the pitcher. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 6 Tampa Bay Masanori Kobayashi strikes out. Johnny Cedeno grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Satoru Fukumoto strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 7 Detroit Claude Sanicki hits an infield single to the pitcher. Alan White grounds into a force play to the second baseman. Claude Sanicki is out at second base with the shortstop covering the bag. Jesse Rosenthal singles to left field. Tom Vico singles to right field. John Wilcox walks. Alan White scores. Lance Kerlin is pinch hitting for Homer Maris. Pinch hitter brought in for the pitcher for Offensive reasons. Lance Kerlin walks. Jesse Rosenthal scores. Hack Rucker grounds out to the third baseman - great play by the third baseman to prevent a single! Tom Vico scores. John Wilcox advances to third on the play. Lance Kerlin advances to second on the play. John Ritter strikes out. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 7 Tampa Bay Brian Hogue pitching. Raul Rives flies out to the right fielder. Felipe Birmingham grounds out to the third baseman. Pete Larkin strikes out. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 8 Detroit Boardwalk Casey grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Claude Sanicki grounds out to the first baseman (unassisted). Alan White walks. Jesse Rosenthal walks. Tom Miller is pinch hitting for Tom Vico. Tom Miller lines out to the second baseman. Runners left on base: 2 Inning: 8 Tampa Bay Pat Scheinblum enters the game as a defensive replacement for Tom Miller at RF. Fred Drescher is pinch hitting for Jason Higginbotham. Pitcher will be pulled in the next inning, will pinch hit for now. Fred Drescher strikes out. Jackie Sheehan grounds out to the third baseman. Jack Shannon singles to center field. Masanori Kobayashi hits a home run. Jack Shannon scores. Vern Fromme comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Johnny Cedeno flies out to the left fielder. Runners left on base: 0 Inning: 9 Detroit Hiroshi Shimizu pitching. John Wilcox strikes out. Joe Schemanske is pinch hitting for Vern Fromme. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Joe Schemanske singles to right field. Hack Rucker singles to right field. John Ritter doubles to center field. Joe Schemanske scores. Hack Rucker uses his aggressiveness and scores. Bill Perkins comes in from the bullpen to pitch. Boardwalk Casey grounds out to the second baseman. John Ritter advances to third on the play. Claude Sanicki singles past the second baseman. John Ritter scores. Alan White singles to right field. Jesse Rosenthal singles past the first baseman. Claude Sanicki is thrown out at the plate by the right fielder. Runners left on base: 1 Inning: 9 Tampa Bay Pinky Tramback pitching. Satoru Fukumoto walks. Raul Rives reached on a 2-base throwing error by John Wilcox. Felipe Birmingham walks. Pete Larkin strikes out. Hal McGee is pinch hitting for Bill Perkins. Pinch hitting for the pitcher because it is the last at bat. Hal McGee singles past the shortstop. Satoru Fukumoto scores. Jackie Sheehan grounds into a fielders choice to the pitcher. Raul Rives is out at home. Jack Shannon grounds out to the third baseman. Runners left on base: 3 Detroit total runners LOB: 8 Tampa Bay total runners LOB: 6
Detroit Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B- RP Mentor Grade: B+ Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Dean Kern did not respond to coaching in velocity Joel Runge did not respond to coaching in speed Polly Gillenwater improves in arm Chuck Buschhorn did not respond to coaching in control
Tampa Bay Mentoring: SP Mentor Grade: B RP Mentor Grade: B Batter Mentor Grade: B+ Improvements: Roy Tillman did not respond to coaching in contact_vs_lefty Dusty Horan improves in control Dusty Horan did not respond to coaching in control Eddie McLaughlin did not respond to coaching in control